Bill Text: TX HB370 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a school is appointed school marshal and the confidentiality of information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment as school marshal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-20 - Considered in Calendars [HB370 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB370-Introduced.html

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84R2481 GCB-F
By: Villalba H.B. No. 370

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a
school is appointed school marshal and the confidentiality of
information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on
Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment
as school marshal.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.0811, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) If a parent or guardian of a student enrolled at a school
inquires in writing, the school district or open-enrollment charter
school shall provide the parent or guardian written notice
indicating whether any employee of the school is currently
appointed a school marshal. The notice may not disclose information
that is confidential under Subsection (g).
SECTION 2. Section 1701.260(l), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(l) All [Identifying] information [about a person]
collected or submitted under this section is confidential, except
as provided by Subsection (j), and is not subject to disclosure
under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.